Jean-Pierre opened UTG+1 for 50K and Chris went all in with his remaining 54K. Ricky flatted from the button, and Jean-Pierre called the extra 4K. The flop was 
. Jean-Pierre led out 5oK which encouraged Ricky to fold. Jean-Pierre turned over 
while Chris held 
. The turn was 
and the 
on the river kept Jean-Pierre in the lead and Chris was given his cash coupon for a trip to the cage.
8th place: Chris Back, $8,985
Tanveer was the chip leader for much of the tournament, but chipped down quite a bit towards the end of Day 2 and couldn’t make a comeback today. Just a few minutes after his neighbour in Seat 10 was eliminated, Tanveer followed him to the cashier to get paid.
Tanveer’s final hand:
Benoit raised to 51K from middle position, and Tanveer reraised to 113K. Benoit responded by shoving and Tanveer called for his tournament life.
The cards – Tanveer: 
Benoit: 
The board ran out 
and Benoit’s Jacks (barely) held on.
9th place: Tanveer Dhanjal, $6,730
Ricky Tang finally arrived and just a few minutes later eliminated Terence Lai in 10th place.
Ricky open raised to 55K in the hijack. It folded to Terence in the SB who shoved his short stack. The BB folded and Ricky quickly called, showing 
. Terence was playing .
The flop of :
put Terence in the lead but the 
on the turn moved Ricky far into the lead and the on the river spelled the end of Terence’s day.
10th place: Terence Lai, $4,900
On just the second hand played between the 9 players seated (more about that below) we had an all-in and a call.
Michael Neuber made a small opening raise from the hijack and Jean-Pierre Hetu 3-bet from the button to 110K. Michael 4-bet jammed and Jean-Pierre quickly called.
Michael was holding 
and Jean-Pierre held 
and Michael’s Kings held up on a board of 
for a full double up.
There’s another element to this final table that is a bit of a mystery at this point. Ricky Tang, a player who has enjoyed a lot of success here at Playground Poker Club in the past and is a regular guest from the Toronto area during big events here has not yet arrived at the club to take his seat. He started the day with the 3rd best chip count at the table, but with blinds at 10K/20K/a3K he can lose a big chunk of his stack relatively quickly. More news on this story as we learn it…
The final table of Event 7 – $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack is set to go. It was slated to start at 3 but there was a short delay to adjust the cameras that survey the action and ensure that there’s a backup in the case of any controversy.
The final table itself is sitting in the middle of the stage at the far end of the Tournament Hall, and impressive location for what should prove to be an interesting final table.
We’ll be updating the Payout table as players are eliminated from the event and at the end we’ll use the results to update the MVP Standings – this event is sure to have a big impact!
The 314 who started Event 7 have been distilled down to just the 10 players who will make up the final table starting tomorrow (Friday) at 3pm. Here are the ending chip counts from Day 2 and the seating assignments for the final table.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asm | Nazmul Huda | Stage – Seat 6 | 1,359,000 |
| Benoit | Pesant | Stage – Seat 8 | 567,000 |
| Chris | Back | Stage – Seat 5 | 444,000 |
| Daniel | Cote | Stage – Seat 2 | 1,133,000 |
| Jean Pierre | Hetu | Stage – Seat 4 | 1,813,000 |
| Joe | Pawlik | Stage – Seat 3 | 278,000 |
| Michael | Neuber | Stage – Seat 1 | 361,000 |
| Ricky | Tang | Stage – Seat 7 | 1,153,000 |
| Tanveer | Dhanjal | Stage – Seat 9 | 535,000 |
| Terence | Lai | Stage – Seat 10 | 227,000 |
With the eliminations of Mark Fitzpatrick in 12th, and Martin Feijo in 11th, who both collected $4,900 for their deep run, we now have our final table of Event 7!
Our ten finalists are:
Our Chip leader going into tomorrow’s final table is Jean Pierre Hetu, who towered his stack up to 1.8M, almost 25% of the chips in play. The final chip counts and seating arrangements are available here.
Good luck, and see you at 3pm tomorrow (Friday)!
Final table:
We are now only 2 eliminations away from the final ten, at which point the tournament will go on break until tomorrow. The last few players to have hit the rail (with a $4,020 payday) were:
The final table is approaching, as we have lost a few more players here On Day 2 of our Playground Poker Fall Classic Event 7 – $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em. We are now down to the final 15.
Here are the three most recent eliminations, who will walk out with $3,440 each:
Here is the seating chart with two tables left in Event 7. Just 5 more eliminations until the end of Day 2!
Table 67
Table 69